Deafening silence …
There is still time to book for the one in Exeter on 27 April
36 sessions of which only 8 have so far been booked.
Daily Archives: 18 Apr 2016
“10 ways the ‘disgraceful’ Tory Housing Bill is being quietly torn to shreds”
“George Osborne’s housing plans are not going well.
Remarkable scenes have been unfolding in the House of Lords over the last two weeks. Piece after piece of the Tories’ “disgraceful” Housing Bill has been torn to shreds by peers who say it could destroy social housing as we know it. bFlagship David Cameron policies like Starter Homes, the Pay to Stay ‘tenant tax’ and council homes sell-off have all been butchered.
These days Labour is calling the law everything from “half-baked” to a “dog’s breakfast”.
It’s an eye-watering 206 pages long, and some of the major changes involve changing a single word.
That means it’s easy to lose sight of just how many climbdowns and defeats the Tory government has suffered in the unelected House.
So here’s a list of all of biggest ones so far after three days of House of Lords debate.
There could be more to come – as the law will return to the Lords for two more days on April 20 and April 25. …”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/10-ways-disgraceful-tory-housing-7781908
Councils appeal decision on interpretation of 5-year land supply
“The disputes relate to an important provision in the National Planning Policy Framework. Paragraph 49 of the NPPF requires all decision makers across the country who are determining planning applications and appeals to treat “[r]elevant policies for the supply of housing as not up to date if the local planning authority (LPA) cannot demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites.”
There were a number of High Court rulings on the phrase ‘relevant policies for the supply of housing’ before the Court of Appeal judgment.
The Court of Appeal ruled that Paragraph 49 should be interpreted widely and that it applies to all policies which are restrictive of where housing development can go.”
East Devon Watch 